Free Online Genealogy Course with FutureLearn (Week 1)

[groom]

I also noticed where someone said that witnesses on a marriage would be the bestman and bridesmaid or someone known to the couple. I pointed out that if you looked at Parish registers often the witnesses were the same on several marriages, so were probably just connected to the church.

[3sillydogs]

I also don't read all the posts, just the ones I'm following.  You can filter it so you only see those responses.  Perhaps as we go along the responses will get more specific.

I think most of us are familiar with the sections in this first week if you have been doing research for even a short time

[Ruskie]

Thanks everyone, now I feel OK that I've just skimmed over a couple and not bothered with the rest. It almost seems that any comments you do make, no matter how pertinent, will probably just be ignored. I've also noticed that people are citing examples in their own trees.

Groom, if the lead educators do comment are their comments featured somewhere obvious or just mixed in with all the others?

[sami]

......Good to get full markss on the quiz first time, but not difficult for anyone here as it deals we stuff we are always mentioning.   

Well much to my surprise, after having genealogy as a hobby for some 30 odd years, I didn't get full marks the first time on the quiz. Made me realize I approached the first week with a bit too much of an 'already know it all' attitude. That in itself was a good lesson to learn.

Going to have an attitude adjustment for the second week

sami

[groom]

Groom, if the lead educators do comment are their comments featured somewhere obvious or just mixed in with all the others?

I'm following them, so any comments they make should show. They are just mixed in with all the others.

[Romilly]

The FL Site just crashed:-(

Annoying, -  I had just composed a Post; which I imagine is now lost in the ether...

Romilly

[groom]

I love their page telling you "Something's not right" with the picture of the tortoise on its back. 

[3sillydogs]

The FL Site just crashed:-(

Annoying, -  I had just composed a Post; which I imagine is now lost in the ether...

Romilly

Must be all the Rootschatters   but their page is cute...........

[Rainbow Quartz]

I've just dipped into the discussions so far, and most of the ones I read were from people commenting on their own experiences, so not much of a discussion there I think the discussion topic(s) need to be a bit more structured and specific, especially as there are so many of us doing the course, and it would be helpful to have the tutors more involved, perhaps they are overwhelmed with the number of participants too? Good idea to follow them, I'll do that now, if I can get on the site.
I've had a few surprises with the gender of fellow RootsChatters too Romilly A lot of us do have non-gender specific user names, but I sometimes put 'Mand' at the end of my posts (short for Mandy and so I'm female )